105.9 The Region

OTTAWA — A confidence vote on a government budget motion may not happen today after all, but the Liberals are still under pressure as they face a vote on a Bloc Québécois ultimatum. The ways and means motion that paves the way to legislate a change to capital gains taxes was initially scheduled for this […]

TORONTO — Celebrated novelist M.G. Vassanji’s exploration of the emigrant experience is among the finalists for the $60,000 Balsillie Prize for Public Policy. The Writers’ Trust of Canada announced this year’s short list on Wednesday morning. Vassanji, who has twice won the Giller Prize for his fiction writing, made the Balsillie Prize short list for […]

TORONTO — Kelowna Rockets bench boss Kris Mallette will be the head coach of Team CHL at the 2024 CHL USA Prospects Challenge, the Canadian Hockey League announced Wednesday. Acadie-Bathurst Titan coach Gordie Dwyer and North Bay Battalion coach Ryan Oulahen will join Mallette as assistant coaches. The trio led Canada to a third consecutive […]

COURTICE, ONT. — Police in Durham Region say a 33-year-old man has been arrested after two females were found dead in a home in Courtice, Ont. Durham Regional Police say they responded to a home in east Courtice for a wellbeing check just after 1 p.m. Tuesday. They say when officers arrived, they found the […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say they’ll be increasing their presence across the city ahead of the one-year anniversary of the start of the Israel-Hamas war, with multiple command posts in Jewish neighbourhoods and near religious institutions as hate crime reports soar. Monday will mark one year since the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel […]

HAILEYBURY, Ont. — Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard is set to continue his testimony today after taking the stand in his sexual assault trial. Hoggard has pleaded not guilty and says he did not rape, choke, hit or urinate on his accuser after a concert eight years ago, as she alleges. On the stand Tuesday, he […]

OTTAWA — A federal commission of inquiry into foreign interference expects to hear today from more than a dozen diaspora community members. The individuals are slated to take part in a series of panels on issues ranging from civil liberties and racism to public awareness and disinformation. The commission will also make a presentation on […]

TORONTO — Ontario is staring down a teacher shortage as retirements and student enrolment are both on the rise, and the Ministry of Education expects the situation will start to get even worse in 2027. The warning is contained in a series of briefing documents for the new minister of education, obtained by The Canadian […]

OTTAWA — For the third time in seven days the House of Commons will vote on a confidence measure today, but this one comes from the government itself. The Liberals have called for a vote on the proposed changes to the capital gains tax that they announced in the spring budget. The capital gains inclusion […]

TORONTO — The president of e-commerce giant Shopify Inc. wants Canada to address a problem he calls “the 600-pound beaver in the room.” Harley Finkelstein says that problem is a lack of ambition that’s permeating the Canadian psyche and weighing down the country’s tech sector. He says the lack of ambition has left Canadian companies […]